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Dungeons and Dragons: Lovecraftian Steampunk

Dungeons and Dragons is a pen and paper tabletop RPG originally developed by Dave Amerson and Gary Gygax in 1974. It has gone through numerous revisions in the years since then, but still remains the most popular tabletop RPG of all time. For my final project I aim to build a campaign in a handmade world with maps, geographical wonders, political intrigue, and a whole pantheon of gods. This initial concept was inspired largely by this amazing post on reddit, and I am building off this to make my own world.

Once the world is created, then I will need to create a rules for all the the uniquehappenings in this world that are not accounted for in simplified ruleset of DnD 5th edition, and once that is done I can start working on the story itself to create and shape the plotline of the campaign.